La Mer

Gallic water expanse

La Mer is French for "the sea," used in English primarily as the title of Claude Debussy's orchestral work depicting the ocean's moods and movements.

The phrase appears in other artistic contexts—songs, paintings, literature—where French lends an air of elegance or evokes the Mediterranean.

La Mer is also a luxury skincare brand.

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Debussy · French composer · tide · shore · beach · salt · salt water · open water · depths · blue · surf · horizon · nautical · foam · high tide · current · abyss · water

Categories
Opposites
elemental subject matter

La Mermountain music

Folk songs from highlands

earth · Firebird · fire · desert · terra firma

musical style/aesthetic

La MerBrandenburg Concertos

Bach's six orchestral works

serialism

musical era/movement

La MerBach

German composer surname

Handel · Haydn · Mozart · fugue

Family

mariner, maritime, ultramarine, aquamarine

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Rated G